Waterway and Maritime Transportation

A duck boat ran over a woman crossing a downtown Philadelphia street Friday evening, killing her, police said. A preliminary investigation indicates the 68-year-old woman was walking with her husband against a traffic light when she was struck by the Ride The Ducks boat in the Chinatown neighborhood, police said. Thomas Henry Massaro, who witnessed the accident, said he heard a scream, then a thump, and saw the woman get pulled underneath the vehicle. "It just went right over her," Massaro told The Philadelphia Inquirer. He said officers on traffic duty rushed to the vehicle and slid underneath to try to free the woman. He said he also ran over and offered to perform...

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